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单词 bloated
释义

bloated

adjective

bloat·​ed ˈblō-təd How to pronounce bloated (audio)
: overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc.
felt bloated from eating too much
a bloated body
often used figuratively to describe something as having grown excessively large
a bloated budgeta bloated bureaucracy

Synonyms

  • exaggerated
  • hyperbolized
  • inflated
  • outsize
  • outsized
  • overblown
  • overdrawn
  • overweening
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Example Sentences

I felt bloated from eating too much. a bloated sense of his own importance
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Word History

First Known Use

1656, in the meaning defined above

bloated 1 of 2

adjective

1
as in inflated
extended beyond normal or realistic bounds a bloated sense of his own importance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • inflated
  • exaggerated
  • overblown
  • outsized
  • overdrawn
  • hyperbolized
  • enlarged
  • outsize
  • stretched
  • overweening
  • overdone
  • padded
  • overplayed
  • grandiose
  • magnified
  • overemphasized
  • unreasonable
  • hyped-up
  • unrealistic
  • embellished
  • elaborated
  • unreal
  • embroidered
  • overstated
  • preposterous

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reasonable
  • realistic
2
as in swollen
enlarged beyond normal from internal pressure a bloated stomach

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • swollen
  • distended
  • turgid
  • blown
  • overinflated
  • puffed
  • bulging
  • varicosed
  • tumid
  • varicose
  • tumescent
  • expanded
  • ballooned
  • blown up
  • dilated
  • protuberant
  • ballooning
  • ventricose
  • dilating
  • turgescent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • deflated
  • collapsed
  • detumescent

bloated

2 of 2

verb

past tense of bloat
as in glutted

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • glutted
  • swamped
  • bulked
  • drenched
  • flooded
  • crowded
  • squashed
  • loaded
  • matted
  • crammed
  • stuffed
  • saturated
  • filled
  • shoved
  • rammed
  • squeezed
  • refreshed
  • overfilled
  • jammed
  • brimmed
  • packed
  • crushed
  • replenished
  • jam-packed
  • reloaded
  • overcharged
  • heaped
  • refilled
  • repacked
  • honeycombed
  • overflowed
  • penetrated
  • pressed
  • charged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • emptied
  • exhausted
  • eliminated
  • drained
  • depleted
  • cleared
  • evacuated
  • vacated
  • drew (off)
  • voided
  • lightened
  • flushed
  • cleaned
  • swept
  • purged
  • bled
  • scoured
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